Collapsible suit jacket with integrated concealed pocket

ABSTRACT

A suit jacket which collapses into a pocket formed from one or more interior pocket pieces, the interior pocket members stitched to an inner surface of the suit jacket. In various embodiments, the pocket is formed from bifurcated interior pocket members stitched or sewn to an interior lining of the suit.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to men's formalwear, and more particularly relates to suit coat jackets for men.

BACKGROUND Description of the Related Art

The following background information may present examples of specific aspects of the prior art (e.g., without limitation, approaches, facts, or common wisdom) that, while expected to be helpful to further educate the reader as to additional aspects of the prior art, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention, or any embodiments thereof, to anything stated or implied therein or inferred thereupon.

Since the 17^(th) century, men having worn suit coat jackets to convey a respectable image in business, religious, and professional environments. Suit are usually conservative in style and made from darker tones. In modern society, traditional business dress in most common among middle- and upper-level corporate management, professionals such as attorneys, and various other professionals, such as missionaries.

Although traditionally most suits were made from wool, such as worsteds, woolens, flannel, tweed, garbardine, and the like, it has become increasingly commonplace with evolving technologies to produce suits from synthetic materials, such as polyester. Synthetic fibers have many advantages, including that they are more wrinkle resistant than woolen suits, but are not easily stowed or ported in luggage. Business travelers and missionaries must often move a plurality of suit jackets from one place to another in very confined spaces, such as on a bicycle alter using the suit—something not possible when the suits are hanging from hangers or being stored in cumbersome luggage.

There is no solution in the art to this inefficiency. Accordingly, there exists a need in the art for a suit that can be easily stowed and ported without ancillary accessories such as hangers or luggage. It is an object of the present invention to provide such a solution.

SUMMARY

From the foregoing discussion, it should be apparent that a need exists for a collapsible suit jacket with an integrated concealed pocket for stowing and porting the suit. Beneficially, such an apparatus would provide means of curing the deficiencies in the prior art described above, including means for stowing and porting the suit in small spaces.

The present invention has been developed in response to the present state of the art, and in particular, in response to the problems and needs in the art that have not yet been fully solved by currently available apparati. Accordingly, the present invention has been developed to provide a collapsible suit jacket having a bifurcated inner pocket, collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a right pocket member stitched within 0.5 to 3 inches of a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to join with a left pocket member to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket, the right pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the left pocket member; the left pocket member stitched within 0.5 to 3 inches of a perimeter to the inner surface, the left pocket member adapted to join with the right pocket member to form the pocket, the left pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the right pocket member; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the left pocket member and right pocket member.

The collapsible suit may further comprise a strap affixed to one of the left pocket member and right pocket member. The left pocket member and right pocket members may be one of square, rectangular, ovoid, and circular in shape.

The left pocket member and right pocket member may be circumscribed with zipper tape having zipper teeth.

A second collapsible suit jacket having a bifurcated inner pocket is provided, the collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a right pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to join with a left pocket member to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket, the right pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the left pocket member; the left pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the left pocket member adapted to join with the right pocket member to form the pocket, the left pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the right pocket member; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the left pocket member and right pocket member.

A collapsible suit jacket having a inner pocket is provided, the collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the pocket member and right pocket member.

The pocket members may be fabricated from water resistant materials.

Reference throughout this specification to features, advantages, or similar language does not imply that all of the features and advantages that may be realized with the present invention should be or are in any single embodiment of the invention. Rather, language referring to the features and advantages is understood to mean that a specific feature, advantage, or characteristic described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, discussion of the features and advantages, and similar language, throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, refer to the same embodiment.

Furthermore, the described features, advantages, and characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific features or advantages of a particular embodiment. In other instances, additional features and advantages may be recognized in certain embodiments that may not be present in all embodiments of the invention.

These features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments that are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket in partially collapsed configuration with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket in collapsed configuration with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a rearward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 7 is a stitching pattern of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment,” “in an embodiment,” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided, such as examples of programming, software modules, user selections, network transactions, database queries, database structures, hardware modules, hardware circuits, hardware chips, etc., to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the invention.

It an object of the present invention to provide a novel collapsible suit jacket with integrated concealing pocket for stowing and porting the suit jacket.

FIG. 1 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket 100 in accordance with the present invention.

The suit jacket comprises an inner surface 102 (or inner lining). The inner surface 102 may comprise simply an interior surface of a woolen suit jacket or may comprise any species of lining known to those of skill in the art, including silk, polyester or the like. Both the right side 106 of the suit 100 and the left side 108 of the suit 100 are stitched, sewn, or otherwise affixed using means known to those of skill in the art to the bifurcated pocket member 104 a or 104 b.

In the shown embodiment, both the right pocket member 104 a and the left pocket member 104 b are stitched along their upper surfaces to the inner lining 102. The pocket members 104 a-b may be stitched in other embodiments around their circumference. Each of the pocket members 104 a-b are circumscribed with a zipper tape and zipper teeth as known to those of skill in the art and adapted to be zipped together to form a pocket into which the suit 100 collapses.

FIG. 2 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket 200 in accordance with the present invention.

The left pocket member 104 a comprises a strap 202 which affixes to an exterior surface of the left pocket member 104 a. The strap 202 is used to affix the suit 200 in collapsed form to handlebars on a bicycle, around the wrist of user, or the like. The strap may comprise one or more buckles, snaps, or other affixation means known to those of skill in the art. The strap may be adjustable in length and size. In various embodiments, the strap is detachably affixable to one of the pocket members 104.

The collapsible suit 200 also comprises a zipper slider 204 adapted to mate corresponding rows of zipper teeth on each of the pocket member 104 a-b together.

FIG. 3 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket in partially collapsed configuration with integrated pocket 300 in accordance with the present invention.

The pocket members 104 a-b are shown stitched around all four edges to the suit 302. The suit 302 is bunched up into a ball and zipped up within the pocket formed by the pocket members 104 a-b as shown. The pocket members 104 may be rectangular, square, circular, or irregularly shaped.

Notably, the stitching 308 in the shown embodiment is recessed away from the edge of the pocket members 104 a-b such that sidewalls 304 a-b form when the pocket members 104 a-b are zipped together adding volume to the recess within the formed pocket. Thus, the stitching 308 circumscribes the pocket members within several inches of the edge of each pocket member 104 a-b. In the shown embodiment, the stitching is recessed 1.5 inches away from the zipper slider 204. In other embodiments, however, the stitching is not recessed from the edge of the pocket members 104.

FIG. 4 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket in collapsed configuration with integrated pocket 400 in accordance with the present invention.

The pocket 402 which is formed by joining the pocket members 104 a-b is indicated as shown. The pocket fully envelopes the body of the suit 302. Zipper tape and/or zipper teeth 704 circumscribe the pocket members 104 a-b.

FIG. 5 is a forward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention.

As shown, the pocket members 104 a-b are concealed.

FIG. 6 is a rearward perspective view of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention.

As shown, the pocket members 104 a-b are concealed.

FIG. 7 is a stitching pattern of a collapsible suit jacket with integrated pocket in accordance with the present invention.

The pocket members 104 a-b are shown affixed to the inner surface 102 of the suit 700.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the suite 700 consists or includes only a single pocket member 104 which zips to itself to form the pocket 402. In this embodiment, the pocket member 104 comprises a row of zipper teeth having two terminal ends. One terminal end of the zipper teeth is mated to the other terminal end of the zipper teeth and the teeth are joined together using the slider 202 to form the pocket 402 from a single pocket member 104.

The pocket member(s) 104 may be position anywhere on the inner surface 102. The pocket members 104 may be made from waterproof or water resistant materials, such as those of Sonobond®.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A collapsible suit jacket having a bifurcated inner pocket, the collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a right pocket member stitched within 0.3 to 3 inches of a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to join with a left pocket member to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket, the right pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the left pocket member; the left pocket member stitched within 0.3 to 3 inches of a perimeter to the inner surface, the left pocket member adapted to join with the right pocket member to form the pocket, the left pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the right pocket member; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the left pocket member and right pocket member.
 2. The collapsible suit of claim 1, further comprising a strap affixed to one of the left pocket member and right pocket member.
 3. The collapsible suit of claim 1, wherein the left pocket member and right pocket members are one of square, rectangular, ovoid, and circular in shape.
 4. The collapsible suit of claim 1, wherein the left pocket member and right pocket member are circumscribed with zipper tape having zipper teeth.
 5. The collapsible suit of claim 1, wherein the left pocket member and right pocket are fabricated from water resistant materials.
 6. A collapsible suit jacket having a bifurcated inner pocket, the collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a right pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to join with a left pocket member to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket, the right pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the left pocket member; the left pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the left pocket member adapted to join with the right pocket member to form the pocket, the left pocket circumscribed by a row of protruding zipper teeth adapted to mate with a corresponding row of zipper teeth affixed to the right pocket member; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the left pocket member and right pocket member.
 7. The collapsible suit of claim 1, wherein the left pocket member and right pocket are fabricated from water resistant materials.
 8. A collapsible suit jacket having an inner pocket, the collapsible suit jacket comprising: a suit jacket having an inner surface; a pocket member stitched around a perimeter to the inner surface, the right pocket member adapted to form a pocket for stowing the suit jacket; a zipper slider; wherein the suit jacket is adapted to be bunch up and enveloped by the pocket member and right pocket member.
 9. The collapsible suit of claim 8, further comprising a strap affixed to one of the left pocket member and right pocket member.
 10. The collapsible suit of claim 8, wherein the pocket member are fabricated from water resistant materials. 